l 35

The Holly and the Ivy 38

The Contest of the Vines 39

Ane Sang of the Birth of Christ 41

Christmas Minstrelsy 43

The Old, Old Story 47

A Christmas Ballad 49

A French Noel[A] 52

Masters, in this Hall 54

THE WORSHIP OF THE BABE.

To His Saviour, a Child; a Present, by a Child 59

Honor to the King 60

New Prince, New Pomp 62

Of the Epiphany 64

A Hymn for the Epiphany 66

A Hymn on the Nativity of My Saviour 68

At Christmas 70

New Heaven, New War 72

For Christmas Day 73

Sung to the King in the Presence at Whitehall 75

And They Laid Him in a Manger 77

The Burning Babe 79

Christ's Nativity 81

An Ode on the Birth of Our Saviour 83

Who Can Forget? 85

The Child Jesus 87

Long Ago 89

Star of Bethlehem 91

No Room 92

On Christmas Day 94

The Heavenly Choir 96

THE WASSAIL-BOWL.

Wassail 103

Invitation a Faire Noel 105

A Thanksgiving 107

Around the Wassail-Bowl 108

From Door to Door 111

Wassailing Carol 113

A Carol at the Gates 116

Wandering Wassailers 118

Bring Us in Good Ale